Bagdadia khaoensis

Bagdadia khaoensis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Kyu-Tek Park and Margarita Gennadievna Ponomarenko in 1999.[1] It is found in Thailand[2] and Hainan, China.[3]

Bagdadia khaoensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Bagdadia
Species:
B. khaoensis
Binomial name
Bagdadia khaoensis
(Park & Ponomarenko, 1999)
Synonyms
  • Capidentalia khaoensis Park & Ponomarenko, 1999

The length of the forewings is 8-9.5 mm. The ground colour of the forewings, as well as the markings are identical to those of Bagdadia salicicola. The hindwings are grey.[4]

The larvae feed on Dimocarpus longan.

References
  1. Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
  2. Savela, Markku (February 10, 2019). "Bagdadia khaoensis (Park & Ponomarenko, 1999)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  3. Yang, M-Q. & Li, H-H. (2015). "A taxonomic study of the genus Bagdadia Amsel, 1949 from Hainan Island of China (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)". Zootaxa. 3972 (4) 589-594.
  4. Species Diversity. 4: 334.


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